November 4, 2013
When installing a switch you want to figure out where to put the switch first, then you will want to decide whether you are going to use an internal AC power supply or by connecting the Cisco 600W AC RPS which is optional to the RPS connector on the switch. You are then going to want to use the Command Line Interface to configure the switch. The console port on the back can be connected to a management station. This is normally a PC or you can use a modem with a supplied RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover console cable and the appropriate adapter. A new switch comes with no password installed. A password has to be installed in order to access the configuration or switch management interfaces. If you don’t put a password on it, you can’t access the configuration until the switch joins a cluster or you install a password. A switch does not need an IP, you can just plug in your devices and they will automatically connect to the Internet. The IP address allows you to manage the switch the configuration with different VLANs and other network functions. To configure the switch you will need to use the CLI, which is the exec command interpreter. Using …show more content…
To set it up you will need to use the program that is provided which will immediately run when the router is first hooked up to your computer. You may need to give your router a password; if you already have a password you will type it in. You can leave everything set on default if you want and your router will work properly. However if you need to, you can configure the router by opening a browser and typing in 192.68.1.1 or whatever your routers host IP is set to, my router is set to default which is the